>>>Exactly where I'm heading - but this is a legacy table - I needed the three state recognition in the end...
>>>
>>>>>Hello UT,
>>>>>
>>>>>select * from ster where SubStr(sunum,1,1) = "E" .AND. eclrhse == .F.
>>>>>
>>>>>returns cursor containing "unknown" or "unmarked" records as well.
>>>>>(logical not known yet)
>>>>>How may I return only records containing marked-logical-False?
>>>>
>>>>It may be apparent that using your own data type represented by a character like -- "Y", "N", or "U" would give you the discrimination that you need.
>>>>
>>>> Jay
>>
>>Can you add a logical field to the table to indicate whether or not the data has been entered for this field?
>>
>> Jay
>With ~~ 21K recs I would have-to populate the new field - I would still need a programatic solution to populate the new field

If there is a programmatic solution, then why not use that in your SELECT?

Jay